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Originally Posted by jml
I was there, mini's doors basically flew open and pealed away, letting arms and legs of passengers (student and instructor) get crushed by the car as it rolled over. They are lucky their torsos did not make it outside.
Second incident at willow springs, same thing happened, but driver was killed when his torso exited the vehicle while rolling.
It was pretty obvious to me, after seeing how the passengers were injured at TWS, I will never ride in a Mini on a track at high speed. Sucks because it could have been a freak accident/or the new models fixed, but seeing that car, it was so obvious in your gut that the car just failed those guys when they needed to be protected.
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I was not present for any incidents at TWS but did hear about them.. and I have seen racing footage of the first GeN new MINI with doors coming off... I believe Speed World Challenge at Barber..
They did stay on the vehicle however in this crash with multiple rolls. Not sure if it is a GEN II model.
http://www.motoringfile.com/2010/05/...allenge-crash/